Past Quotes by Norma Fox Mazer

“Once, in grade school, our class was taken on an overnight excursion to a campground. The air was warm: we had a campfire and…

— Norma Fox Mazer

“The dark girl's gaze lights on me again, and something passes over her face, something I've seen before. Her face is speaking: you can't…

— Norma Fox Mazer

That adolescent me, the girl who was, as I remember her, insecure, unsure, dreaming, yearning, longing, that girl who was hard on herself, who…

— Norma Fox Mazer

Friendship...is like pain. Explaining it is impossible.

— Norma Fox Mazer

“He told you not to cry, but tears keep leaking out of your eyes. And you're glad, because those tears belong to you. They're…

— Norma Fox Mazer

All the inane, meaningless noises people make that pass for intelligent conversation. They might as well be pigs grunting in the pen. (92)

— Norma Fox Mazer

I guess, really thinking about it, I always assumed when you missed someone , it was tangible...something real you could grab and hold on…

— Norma Fox Mazer

A piece of writing takes exactly as long as it needs to be done right.

— Norma Fox Mazer

“That's all we writers have, anyway; our minds and imaginations. To allow censors even the tiniest space in there with us can only lead…

— Norma Fox Mazer